Improvement in vegetable-cutter



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MICHAEL GERHARD, OF NEWARK. NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 100,280, dated March 1., 1870.

IMPROVEMENT 1N vnGTABLn-CUTTER.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part ol' the same.

To all whom. it may concer-n..-

Be it known that I, MICHAEL GERHARD, of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Vegetable-Cutter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable 'others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had -to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which--` Figures 1 and 2 are side views, partly in section, of myilnproved vegetable-cutter, showing different kinds of cutters.

Figure 3 is a plan or top view, partly in section, of the saine.

Figure 4 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

llhis invention relates to a novel and very simple" implement for cutting all kinds of vegetables, such as tnrnips, potatoes, &c., into slices or strips, and for thereby preparing the same for use.

lhe invention consists in the combination and arrangement of' parts, as hereinafter specified.

A in the drawing represents a plate, of circular or other foi-unsecured to a clamp, B, by means of which it can be easily fastened to a table, window-sill, chairback or other suitable stationary apparatus.

From the plate project upward two posts, Cl C, which are, at their upper ends, connected by a crossbar, a.

Through this cross-bar, and through a cross-head, D, which .slides between the posts C, is fitted a vertical shaft, E, which can revolve as well as slide vertically in the` said bars a D, the latter being alsoryert-i- .e

cally adj ust: ble.

The shaft carries, at its lower end, a disk, b, which, at its lower lace, has downward-projecting openings or cutters c c.

On the upper end of the shaft is a crank, el, for re volving the same. l Y

The plate A has an aperture, c, extending from the een tre towardone side, and over this aperture is placed a planing-knife or cutter, F, in an inclined position.'

From the .centre of the plate A projects upward a pointed pin, f.

' 'lhe fruit to be cut is placed upon the pin f, and the shaft is then let down uponvit, so that its blades c will enter the fuit. lhe shaft is now revolved, and,

by means of the Iopenings, the fruit is carried around with it.

Vhile being revolved, pressure is applied to the shaft, to force the fruit upon the plate, and to feed it downward as it is being gradually reduced by the knife.

The knife cuts the fruit into slices, which pass down through the aperture e.

- When it is desired to out the fruit into narrow strips, cross-cutters g g are set up at the required distances between the edge of the knife F` and that side of the aperture e which is opposite to the cutting-edge. of F, as in figs. 1 and 3.

By means of these transverse cutters, the fruit will be cut into long spiral strips, which are readily cooked, and whereby the fruit is more perfectly prepared for the table. l l

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The `combination of the plate A, centre pin j, posts C, and cross-bar a, with the sliding revolving shaft E, openings e, `and cutters F, all arranged to operate as set forth.

MICHAEL GERHARD.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. MABEE, A. V. BRIESEN. 

